in your head · cloudyfield

45 bars, 2:46, at 65 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick and nothing else.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
65 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
45
LENGTH
2:46
DIFFICULTY
51/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 5-7, 9-11 and 26-28 -- 22.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 65 BPM
IN YOUR HEAD · BARS 5-6
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 37 and 41.

LOOP · 65 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 65 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

45 bars across 7 sections: 32 keep time, 2 are fills, 1 is a stop and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-11.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBFKMS1+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is in your head?

65 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is in your head hard to play on drums?

51 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

45 bars, about 2:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 6 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in in your head?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 37 and 41.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 45 BARS ANALYSED
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